Has anyone heard of Berlin's Siegallee park
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Has anyone heard of Berlin's Siegallee park
| Dan Meyer (View posts) | Posted: 14 Apr 2001 12:00PM GMT |
Classification: Query
Surnames: Meyer, Wilde, Schneidewind, Falkenberg, Menderson, Wietersheim, Blankenfelde
I am looking for information on a park in Germany called Siegellee. There were 32 German statues in this park. It was created by artish Andreas Schluter. The park has a statue of an ancestor of mine named the Mayor of Wilde. He served in Berlin in 1380. His statue was located right next to the statue of King Friederich Wilhelm I in this park. The park no longer exist but the statues do. I do not know were they are located though. If anyone has heard off this park or has any information on the Mayor of Wilde who served in Berlin in 1380, Please let me know. This has been like searching for a needle in a hay stack. My German records on the Wilde family say he was famous. He was not famous enough to have any internet searches bring up his name and I found only one hit on the internet that meantioned the park called Siegellee. It had a picture of a statue of Kaiser Wilhelm and a bust of someone else but that is all I got. That picture was taken in 1905. The Siegellee was located in the park in Berlin called the Tiergarten. Most of the 32 statues were of German princes who played a roll in uniting Prussia. The Mayor of Wilde held an early roll in uniting Prussia. This earned him a statue next to King Friedrick Wilhelm I. The Siegellee must have been destroyed during world war I or world war II. If any one has any information on the sculpter named Andreas Schluter I would also be interested.
Dan Meyer
Dan Meyer